Surly: Local Beer, Local Bikes
August 16th, 2007 by owenamIn her history/review of Surly Brewing Company — the “best brewery in the entire U. S. of A.” — Carl Dara Moskowitz gives the loveliest argument for buying local I’ve heard… without arguing at all. Beyond all the concerns, valid but debatable ad nauseam, about carbon footprints, fuel costs, industrial agriculture, etc. …
… there seems to me to be something vague, weighty, and, I know this is indefensible but I mean it anyway, almost spiritually important in dealing with products that lead the same life you do, that drive the same roads, smell the same rain, can’t sleep for the same reasons.
That’s why I’m honestly proud that my bike is also a Surly (no relation).